President Muhamed Morsy of Egypt was ousted last week due to a revolution or a military coup (depending on how you want to interpret it). He was pushed out of power due to Egypt's weak economy, corruption, and for heading an Islamist government; (Morsy is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood).
The United States is in a tough position. When Mubarek was pushed out of power last year, we were at first supportive of Morsy and the free elections. Since then we have changed our tone because of Morsy's backing by the Muslim Brotherhood. Now that Egypt is in turmoil, we are faced with a decision regarding whether or not to intervene and whether or not to continue providing aid to Egypt. If in fact a military coup was the cause of Morsy's ousting, the U.S. cannot continue providing aid. Decisions must be made and soon because the Egyptians are not happy with our neutral stance.
Regardless of whose side the Egyptians are on, pro-Morsy or anti-Morsy, all of them collectively dislike the U.S. at the moment. Non-Islamist Egyptians are angry because they believe the U.S. has "
cozied up" to the Muslim Brotherhood while Islamist Egyptians are accusing the U.S. of being the cause of Morsy's ousting.
An Egyptian aircraft mechanic remarked, "Now the Brotherhood are fighting us in the streets, fighting to take back power, and America is sitting on the fence. We ask for one thing from America: support the people, not the army, not the Brotherhood."
What will the U.S. do? Is there a way to stay politically neutral while still helping the Egyptian people? Whatever the U.S. decides to do, we must keep the best interests of the people in mind.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/2013/07/10/Washington-vilified-on-both-sides-of-Egypt-s-divide.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/world/meast/egypt-whats-next/index.html?hpt=wo_c1
